TL;DR
Color pipeline connection indicator as soon as a machine is connected to the pipeline.

What?
I would like to see the pipeline connection indicator colored to show which fluid will be flowing through the pipe. If two different fluids would be put into the pipe, as indicated by two ...

Settings > Interface > Flat character GUI

This would be helpful for me because my rail books are always deeply nested, making it impractical to cycle while holding the book. I have to dig in and pull out the sub-book that has what I want.

I would be fine with them being removed completely as actions in game should be rewarded in game. People like having achievements, so keep them, but if any effort is put into a change, it would be better spent adding new mechanics or bonuses for accomplishing difficult tasks. Fortunately, we're ...

Have you tried Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v?

If you're not targeting a train, it could default to the train you're in.

At night, rail block visualizations are also harder to see. For me, magenta disappears.

I'd like to see a dynamic signal that can do two things:
1. Act as a rail signal to trains at or below a set length, and as a rail chain signal otherwise.
2. Block trains at or above a set length from entering.

This is fixed in 2.0.

https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-379

I would prefer Force build to be the default because if my imperfect clicking causes an overlap with, let's say, my rail signals, I want that to fail. I would therefore use the keybind for Force build every time just to save myself the frustration.

If they change nothing, we'll still be able to ...

+1

This is already frustrating without all 16 directions.

Two entities I'm thinking of:

One is a restrictive signal that acts like a rail signal to trains with lengths at or below the limit and acts like a rail chain signal to everything else. This would allow long trains to pass through but not stop. This might be useful for intersections that allow ...

This would significantly increase the chance of personal robots becoming deadlocked. More frustrating than it's worth.

I didn't even realize that was an option.

+1 because that's how that should work.

I'm trying to understand what you did that wasn't working. Did you put down an inserter ghost and the robots didn't place the inserter?

Illiander42 wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:24 pm This is a wonderful idea with a terrible justification.

Please validate my suggestion with a better use case. Thanks!

What ?
Add an option to enable/disable "Request from buffer chests" on requester chests via the circuit network.

Why ?
When manually accessing requester chests, new requests are sent while you're digging through the chest. This causes it to double some requests, leading to unnecessary buffering ...

I kind of like the idea of this being on the shortcut bar so you can turn off turret alerts PER MAP. You might not want them on your own map but need them on the map you share with friends, for instance.

Currently, if a process slows or stops, input belts will backup and be fully packed. If the stacks aren't full, then the belt will not be fully packed. My question is, how will this affect throughput? I don't see it having any significant impact once the process is running again, and if the process ...

There are so many transportation mods that I would be surprised if the devs added a faster option than the spidertron. If you really are spending too much time travelling, I recommend the Teleporters mod.